Andy Whortons Control Line Team Racing Home Page

A source of information for those flyers (or spectators) who
want to keep up-to-date with what is going on in the world of Control Line Model
Aircraft Flying in the United Kingdom

This Page is kept as up-to-date as the information and time available allows

General UK Team Race Update

There was, in the late 1990s and
early 2000s, a resurgence of
interest in FAI Team Racing in the UK mainly brought about by the availability of top
level equipment at affordable prices from the various Eastern Block Countries. It
suddenly became
possible to obtain a complete motor/model set (lines and all !) for less than $1000 which
was capable of top-line performance straight out of the box. This enabled a number of
new teams to experiment with the F2C event and find themselves circulating at similar
speeds to the top teams with minimal effort.

Needless to say, however, much more work has to be done to learn how to use the
equipment to its full potential and many teams with equipment capable of low 3:20s
still find it difficult to break the 3:40 mark.

If you consider that most racers are doing 10 laps in 18.5 seconds (or less)
and allow 25 seconds overhead for pit stops etc… this should record times of
3:30 without any trouble. (note :- the overhead for top teams is less than 20
seconds – hence times inside 3:25 are constantly recorded by the top teams together with
several sub
3:20s)

In addition to the individual competitions during the year there are also two ongoing
events between the teams :-

Team Qualification for the next years World or European Championships (done on heat
times  see "UK F2C Team Selection Rules")

The F2C League where teams get points for entering competitions, placing, completing
finals and recording personal best times (see "The F2C Team Racing League
Table")

For anyone who wants to keep up-to-date with what is happening with team racing in the
UK this web site is maintained by Andy Whorton with address www.ajwltd.com
And results/reports are posted to this page as soon as possible after they are received.

Spectators are generally welcome (and timekeepers even more so) at most of the
competitions  anyone interested should contact Andy Whorton (either via andy@ajwltd.com
or telephone (44)1386 831593) or Dave Rudd (who runs the majority of the racing events for
the flyers and is contactable on (44)208 890 6194). They will pass information on to the
necessary sources. Alternatively there are also a list of committee
members etc... on the contacts page.

A couple of very useful links are worth highlighting here as
both contain a lot of useful information plus many more links to other sites - Goran
Olsson Site and The
CMBL Site in France. Follow these links and you will
be amazed how much data is present on the web.